Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Brookdale men’s basketball team ready for stretch run

    Brookdale men’s basketball team ready for stretch run

    By Tim Morris The 2015-16 men’s basketball season has come down to the stretch run for Brookdale Community College. A regular-season championship and positioning for the Region 19 tournament will be decided in the next two weeks, and Brookdale head coach Paul Cisek has the Jersey Blues in the thick of everything. “So far, so…

  • 2015 N.J. Realtors Circle of Excellence Awards presented to 111 Gloria Nilson & Co. Realtors

    2015 N.J. Realtors Circle of Excellence Awards presented to 111 Gloria Nilson & Co. Realtors

    Gloria Nilson & Co. Real Estate announces 111 of its more than 700 sales associates have distinguished themselves in the New Jersey real estate community by earning 2015 N.J. Realtors Circle of Excellence Sales Awards for demonstrating excellence in the field of salesmanship. “For more than 40 years, we have grown our business in large…

  • Mario Venancio of Gloria Nilson & Co. in Rumson awarded Circle of Excellence Sales Award Platinum

    Mario Venancio of Gloria Nilson & Co. in Rumson awarded Circle of Excellence Sales Award Platinum

    Mario Venancio, a sales associate for more than two decades with Gloria Nilson & Co. Real Estate, in the Rumson office, was awarded the 2015 New Jersey Realtors Circle of Excellence Sales Award Platinum, having distinguished himself among his peers with more than $143 million in completed transactions last year. “Mario has worked incredibly hard…

  • Healing hearts after losing a child

    Healing hearts after losing a child

    By Lisa Anderson Correspondent Ask any Mom or Dad what their worst fear is, chances are they’ll say it’s to lose a child. Losing a child changes everything. Forever. Every part of us. The why’s, what if’s and why me’s? The anger, the guilt, the sorrow, the empty chair … the bed forever made, or…

  • Castle of Dreams Animal Rescue and Fur Friends in Need present Steal Bingo

    Castle of Dreams Animal Rescue and Fur Friends in Need present Steal Bingo

    Castle of Dreams Animal Rescue and Fur Friends in Need will hold Steal Bingo Jan. 30 at the West Keansburg Fire House, 91 8th Street, Keansburg. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. Bring a wrapped gift valued at $10. Play Bingo at your own table. Bring snacks,…

  • LB adding amenities to boardwalk

    LB adding amenities to boardwalk

    By Kenny Walter Staff Writer LONG BRANCH-The timing of  the blizzard couldn’t have worked out better for Long Branch. Business Administrator Howard Woolley Jr. said that George Harms Construction Co. was scheduled to take the first few weeks of 2016 off for in-service training, which means that the blizzard that pounded New Jersey on Jan.…

  • Dearborn Market to host orchid show

    Dearborn Market to host orchid show

    Thousands of spectacularly colorful flowers will brighten cold winter days at the 19th annual Deep Cut Orchid Society show. The largest orchid show in the tri-state area is scheduled for Feb. 11-14 at the Dearborn Market, Route 35, Holmdel. Exhibit hours are Feb. 11, 1-6 p.m.;  Feb. 12-13, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Feb.…

  • Women encouraged to ‘Go Red’ for heart disease on Feb. 5

    Women encouraged to ‘Go Red’ for heart disease on Feb. 5

    The American Heart Association is uniting with companies, community organizations, families and friends to “Go Red” and “Glow Red” on Feb. 5 to spread the message that heart disease and stroke cause 1 in 3 deaths among women each year—more than all cancers combined.   Thousands of New Jerseyans will participate in National Wear Red Day…

  • Sports shorts

    Sports shorts

    The Monmouth County Park System will hold its 40th annual E. Murray Todd Half Marathon March 6. This 13.1-mile race takes runners through residential areas of Lincroft, Holmdel, Colts Neck and Thompson Park. The race begins at 9 a.m. at Brookdale Community College, Newman Springs Road, Lincroft. Race medals will be awarded to all registered…